At international level, Alumni won 7 titles, becoming one of the most important clubs in the history of Argentine football.

Hutton, considered "the father" of Argentine football, had been hired as Director of Saint Andrew's Scots School[4] but resigned a short time later because the institution did not have funds to acquire sports facilities, which were considered by Hutton as an essential component of his teaching methods.

Watson Hutton then created the Buenos Aires English High School (BAEHS) to put in practise his ideas about education, with a special predilection for football.

To start with the practise of football in Argentina, Waton Hutton brought William Watters from Scotland, to work as a trainer.

[4] The title was won by St. Andrew's, considered today as the first Primera División champion ever, being recognised even by the AFA although the Association organised its first championship in 1893.

The first championship organised by the new Association was the 1893 tournament, with five teams taking part: Lomas AC (which would be the champion), Flores, Quilmes Rowers, Buenos Aires al Rosario Railway and Buenos Aires English High School making its debut.

[7] The BAEHS decided not to take part in the 1894 championship, which caused many of its players to move to other teams such as Lobos AC[4] and Lanús Athletic Club.

In 1898 the Minister of Justice and Public Instruction ruled that teaching of physical exercises would be obligatory for all the national schools programs.

The school bought its first facility in the Coghlan district of Buenos Aires, near the train station, with the purpose of practicing physical activities as it was required[4][10] In 1899 the Argentine Football Association created the second division, where the club registered a team.

Walter Buchanan, Juan McKechnie and Guillermo and Heriberto Jordán came from Lobos A.C. while brothers Tomás, Carlos and Jorge Brown came from Lanús A.C.[4] English High School won its first title in 1900, totaling 11 points in 6 games played.

[11] It began the long series of titles (10 over 11 seasons played) won by the team during its short existence in Argentine football.

To establish this, the Herald made a survey among its readers, who had to send a voucher indicating their favorite team.

Alumni also won its first international competition, the Tie Cup where teams from Buenos Aires, Rosario and Montevideo took part.

The next year Alumni won another championship, with the adding of goalkeeper José Buruca Laforia and forward Carlos Lett (who would be the topscorer of the tournament with 12 goals).

On 24 June, Alumni played the South African national team at Sociedad Sportiva Argentina stadium (where current Campo Argentino de Polo is located).

[12] The victory was largely celebrated by the media for being the first time an Argentine squad defeated a British team.

Local newspaper La Nación wrote: "For our national football, the Alumni v South Africa match was a great triumph that will be remembered for a long time in everyone's memory, serving as example and stimulus for the future", while British-origin newspaper The Standard wrote "it was a glorious victory and what happened in La Sportiva is promising for Argentine football".

[17] Nevertheless, Alfredo Brown, who scored the only goal of the match, admitted the superiority of the British team when he said: It were not the Alumni forwards who beat South Africa.

I simulated to shot with the right one, but I let to pass the ball and kick it with the left foot, when the goalkeeper was completely undecided and confused.

Internationally, Alumni also won another edition of Tie Cup, easily beating Montevideo Wanderers by 4–0 in Buenos Aires.

Alumni continued its successful campaign winning the Primera División championship in 1909, with 32 total points in 18 matches played with only 1 loss.

Alumni also defeated River Plate (which debuted in Primera División) 3–1 being the first time both teams played against.

The game (hosted in Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires stadium) was won by Alumni 2–1, thus becoming the new Argentine football champion.

Many of its players moved to Quilmes, other team with British origins,[19][20] which finally would obtain the title that year.

The second reason was that Alumni was losing a lot of money (due to the fact that the club often donated its incomes to benefit) and it seemed unlikely that the team could fulfil its matches for 1912 season.

Once the team was disbanded, the assets ($12.322,29) were donated to eight public institutions, the Hospital Británico and the Patronato de la Infancia were among them[3] Despite having been dissolved, former Alumni players used to reunite to play friendly matches.